Sports Collectibles

Rare Baseball Paraphernalia Set To Hit Auction Block
July 13, 2008
NY1
“Just in time for next week’s All-Star game at Yankee Stadium, some rare pieces of baseball history are on the auction block.
Hunt Auctions is offering 900 items, most of them Yankee-related, including the ball Babe Ruth hit for his 712th homerun. It’s […]

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Trove of rare baseball treasures can be won at ALS
By Carol Karm
Sunday, July 13, 2008
“A newly discovered stash of rare sports memorabilia fell into Patrick McMinn’s lap this year.
The Thousand Oaks resident and marketing company owner is the primary organizer for the coming 4th Annual CytRx Strike Out Lou Gehrig’s Disease All Star Invitational Tournament, […]

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Candy-coated popcorn, peanuts and $157,000 prize
BY JOHN JEANSONNE
Newsday.com
April 24, 2008
“For $157,000, a complete set of 1915 Cracker Jack baseball cards went to the man in the navy blue T-shirt and baseball cap near the back of the room.
…The card set was one of 203 lots of sports memorabilia put up for bid Thursday by Sotheby’s, […]

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Antiques and Estate Auctioneers of Wellington, Ohio is having an Automotive and Aviation Memorabilia Auction on Saturday, April 5, 2008. The catalog is available online, as well as online bidding at www.proxibid.com/asp/Catalog.asp?aid=11305.
Some of the highlights include:
Select pieces from a private collection. Containing Large presentation framed autographed photo of Juan Manuel Fangio in his Mercedes […]

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A Different Kind of Super Bowl Collectible
January 24th, 2008
by Hanna Scott/KTAR
“Super Bowl XLII is having an impact on just about everything in the Valley, including the trash. Some Glendale homes will have a souvenir for a long time. “As a part of the Super Bowl celebration for the City of Glendale, we developed […]

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Online Certified Authentic Sports Collectibles and Sports Memorabilia Retailer
“Introducing NYSportsGear.com the online retailer of authentic, certified sports memorabilia and collectibles.
Bronx, NY, October 18, 2007 –(PR.com)– NYSportsGear.com was developed by experienced e-commerce entrepreneurs and passionate sports fans with the goal of providing the most extensive and customer friendly online store offering sports jerseys, sports apparel and […]

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Dallas, TX: Heritage Auction Galleries’ Sports Collectibles division will present a fabulous array of vintage sports memorabilia and trading cards in their upcoming October 26 2007 Signature Auction to be held in Dallas, Texas.
“While this auction is packed with far too many spectacular pieces to list, there are three in particular that should draw the […]

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Nice piece by Jeffrey Gitomer of the Eagle-Tribune on the psychology of buying and selling sports memorabilia:
If you REALLY want it, I’ll drop my price
By Jeffrey Gitomer , Sales Moves
Eagle-Tribune
September 23, 2007

“I collect sports memorabilia and the National is the place where everyone who is a serious collector or dealer goes. People fly in from […]

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O.J. arrest shows dark side of sports memorabilia
MiamiHerald.com
Mon, Sep. 17, 2007
BY EVAN S. BENN
“O.J. Simpson’s arrest after a violent dispute with some memorabilia dealers in Las Vegas opened a door into a dark side of sports memorabilia, collectors said Monday.
Although the market for Simpson collectibles has mostly dried up, he still pops up at conventions […]

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Collectibles march to the baby boomers’ tune
International Herald Tribune
By Sharon Reier
Published: May 18, 2007
“An illustration of the sports collectibles frenzy is the 157,000 pounds, or $310,000, paid for the shirt that the Brazilian soccer star Pele wore in the second half of the 1970 World Cup tournament when Brazil beat Italy. The jersey - sold […]

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